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obama from a foreign policy of a president obama. that's something that given recent events the obama team -- or the romney team has to do and do so in a very presidential way. >> governor? >> i think michael's right about that. but historically there hasn't been a lot of difference between republican and democratic foreign policy. i think george w. bush was an exception. i don't think a democratic president would have sent us to war in iraq. generally speaking, the american foreign policy doesn't change a lot between democratic and republican administrations. for good reason. so i don't think there's a lot of hay to be made by governor romney in foreign policy. he needs to stick to the economy. he just can't seem to do that. we've got six weeks left. >> okay. howard dean, michael steele, guys, great to see you both. thank you so much. >>> in tad's office politics, my conversation with larry sabato. we talked about his predictions for who will take the house and senate this year and why virginia is the paris of politics. >>> first, i
obama from a foreign policy of a president obama. that's something that given recent events the obama team -- or the romney team has to do and do so in a very presidential way. >> governor? >> i think michael's right about that. but historically there hasn't been a lot of difference between republican and democratic foreign policy. i think george w. bush was an exception. i don't think a democratic president would have sent us to war in iraq. generally speaking, the american foreign...
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foreign policy, everyone wants to talk about who has foreign policy experience. but most people don't vote on that issue. but we have two wars going on, a lot of issues out there people care about. governor romney's talked about that a lot during this primary season. i think he's going to contrast with what the president's done. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. do you want to -- >> alex, osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. that says a lot about the president's foreign policy and his domestic policy. >> that's going to be a wrap, guys. thank you so much. >>> we have two big national security stories developing this week. new york city police and the fbi are investing an online threat involving al qaeda. it is this image here. it's been posted on a radical overseas website that reads "al qaeda coming soon again in new york." and there is a report of al qaeda websites being shut down by hackers. joining me from minneapolis is former cia officer and criminal defense attorney, jack rice. jack, welcome. let's talk about this image of the new york city
foreign policy, everyone wants to talk about who has foreign policy experience. but most people don't vote on that issue. but we have two wars going on, a lot of issues out there people care about. governor romney's talked about that a lot during this primary season. i think he's going to contrast with what the president's done. >> gentlemen, thank you so much. do you want to -- >> alex, osama bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. that says a lot about the president's...
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policy questions and the narrater says, look, the obama-biden ticket is not taking foreign policy issues seriously. so they're going to try to move that narrative a bit. but again, molly's right that this all resets tuesday in the leadup to the presidential debate and much of the vice-presidential stuff will then wash away. >> do you think that the vice president was laughing with a tone of mockery or an incredulous expressing the fact he could not believe what he was hearing? was that lost on the average person? >> i don't think we know yet. i haven't seen much polling. the polling that's come out from people that watched it sort of showed a wash. some had biden in these instant polls showing biden won, others had ryan. both sides did what they wanted to do. i mean, this was very much to the base. biden i think if you talk to liberals they liked that he was energetic and in your face and sort of mocking paul ryan. of course republicans had the opposite reaction. the key is what did that 5, 6% who's left out there, and i don't think we know that yet. >> i'm sure we'll find out. how about
policy questions and the narrater says, look, the obama-biden ticket is not taking foreign policy issues seriously. so they're going to try to move that narrative a bit. but again, molly's right that this all resets tuesday in the leadup to the presidential debate and much of the vice-presidential stuff will then wash away. >> do you think that the vice president was laughing with a tone of mockery or an incredulous expressing the fact he could not believe what he was hearing? was that...
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he's studying up on foreign policy issues. it is speculated that president obama holds an advantage. but foreign policy has attracted renewed attention in the aftermath of the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >>> joining me now for more front page politics, political columnist for the "washington post" dana millbank and white house editor for politico rachel smolkin. >>> dana, with this new gallup pole, 51% of americans think president obama won the last debate. 37% side with mitt romney. what are both camps saying ahead of the final debate, and what do you expect to see on monday? what's the attitude, what's the approach? >> well, alex, by all accounts this last debate is probably the least important because they've had two chances to make this impression and because it's about form policy which isn't what this campaign is primarily about. but that said, this is a very close election. so if one or the other has a very big moment or very bad moment, that could really change things. you don't need to change a whole lot
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domestic policy and foreign policy. on each one of these, obama has done a wonderful job gooel dealing with an enormously difficult crisis he inherited. >>> for more analysis, head to nbcpolitics.com. >>> now to number four on our first five web story, osama bin laden's family. after being deported from pakistan, the slain leader's three widows and children were banned from the country. we were allowed entrance into saudi arabia on humanitarian grounds. one year ago the leader was killed in pakistan. >>> a foul ball at an arlington ballpark, a young rangers fan couldn't contain his tears after a couple seated near him got a ball that he desperately wanted. but now the couple who kept the ball are crying foul. michelle franzen joins us. >> the couple was blamed for making the 3-year-old cry. but sean leonard says he and his fiancee were caught up in the moment, enjoying their first rangers game and had no idea what was playing out in the seats right next to them. >> the little guy is crying. >> oh, my goodness. >> report
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he is a very knowledgeable guy on foreign policy and domestic policy. he will do just fine. but i want to go back it what meagan said. i find it hard to believe she was defending sarah palin. sarah palin was a disaster -- >> you weren't defending -- >> i was referring to paul ryan just now. >> no, no, she was saying a vice presidential candidate does make a difference. >> in that case, palin hurt mccain. everybody makes a plis take from time to time. ryan had to acknowledge he made mistake. he didn't think he asked for any stimulus funds then he went back and research and said some of my staff sent a letter asking for stimulus funds. and the thing that is a basis of just reacting to a constituent. so everybody will make a mistake from time to time. biden is a solid guy, a good vice president and doing very well in debates and i think ryan will do well in debates too. >> were you defending sarah palin? >> just now, i was speaking about any running mate making a difference positive or negative. i have a fond memory of being on the road with sarah palin. that's not what this co
he is a very knowledgeable guy on foreign policy and domestic policy. he will do just fine. but i want to go back it what meagan said. i find it hard to believe she was defending sarah palin. sarah palin was a disaster -- >> you weren't defending -- >> i was referring to paul ryan just now. >> no, no, she was saying a vice presidential candidate does make a difference. >> in that case, palin hurt mccain. everybody makes a plis take from time to time. ryan had to...
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that is tomorrow at the virginia institute, he will give a speech on foreign policy, trying to attack the president's policies overseas as being soft overseas. he will try to project the image of strength and once again sort of cast himself as a man who is ready to lead america. >> okay, thanks once again, peter alexander, contributing. >>> and at the washington post, ladies, good day to both of you. >> good morning. >> so to both of you, we are 30 days out. i want to get a general assessment from each of you as to where we are in this election. eleanor, you go first. >> well, i think mitt romney revived his campaign, he was on the verge of being discounted. and his donors were going to move their money to senate races and house races. and so his campaign is obviously revived. i think he thinks he can win, and his supporters think he can win. i think he is still the underdog when you look at the key states, the president still maintains an edge. we have not really seen how the polls will bounce, after the debate and whether the president has lost ground, say, in ohio. but i think that
that is tomorrow at the virginia institute, he will give a speech on foreign policy, trying to attack the president's policies overseas as being soft overseas. he will try to project the image of strength and once again sort of cast himself as a man who is ready to lead america. >> okay, thanks once again, peter alexander, contributing. >>> and at the washington post, ladies, good day to both of you. >> good morning. >> so to both of you, we are 30 days out. i want to...
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they're talking foreign policy. but should they be talking about the economy? live reports ahead. >>> early voting. many ballots already cast. where do we stand? we will talk with an expert in the field. >>> new unemployment numbers, they fell in 41 states and swing states either dropped or held steady. so what are the political implications? >> office politics is our morning joe team. their take on who has the advantage in the all-important female vote. >>> and a good morning to all of you, welcome to "weekends with alex witt," we're going to get to what's happening right now out there as we have 17 days until the election. and first we go to front page politics. this weekend both president obama and mitt romney are preparing for monday's third and final debate, with some contentious campaigning on friday. the president unleashed a new line of attacks during a rally in virginia saying governor romney has shifted his position on several key issues. >> he's changing up so much, and backtracking, and sidestepping. we've got a -- we've got a -- we've got to name t
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policy. most of them do. so if he's starting to lessen his opposition, perhaps this will return to a serious discussion about what happened in libya, why were the four americans killed? why were security requests denied instead of, why shouldn't susan rice be the next secretary of state. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. >>> west coast headlines are next with one company's desperate search for workers. >>> you're watching "weekends with alex witt." ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. if you're eligible for medicare, you might know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help pay some of the difference. and could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. you'll
policy. most of them do. so if he's starting to lessen his opposition, perhaps this will return to a serious discussion about what happened in libya, why were the four americans killed? why were security requests denied instead of, why shouldn't susan rice be the next secretary of state. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. >>> west coast headlines are next with one company's desperate search for workers. >>> you're watching "weekends with alex witt."...
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trying to eat away into the president's advantage on foreign policy. and the advantage he enjoys among auto workers in ohio, alex. >> okay. well, thank you for that perspective. mike viqueira. >>> so could the last debate change or influence your vote? get on twitter and let me know what you think. miable is @alexwitt. i will be reading some of your tweets throughout the day. >>> big money headlines are next. why a decrease in home sales is actually a good thing. the silver lining, next. but first, trying to be like tim tebow? well that might just cost you now. the new york jets backup quarterback has officially trade marked tebowing. as you know, that is the move where he goes down on one knee, he holds a clenched fist against his forehead while praying during games. after tebow led the denver broncos to a series of fourth quarter comeback victories last season, tebowing swept the nation. websites showing people doing the move any time and anywhere, well tebow says it's something he does as a prayer for himself and he wants to make sure it is used in
trying to eat away into the president's advantage on foreign policy. and the advantage he enjoys among auto workers in ohio, alex. >> okay. well, thank you for that perspective. mike viqueira. >>> so could the last debate change or influence your vote? get on twitter and let me know what you think. miable is @alexwitt. i will be reading some of your tweets throughout the day. >>> big money headlines are next. why a decrease in home sales is actually a good thing. the...
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the topics will be foreign policy and domestic policy. you know about foreign policy better than anybody else on the network. talk about paul ryan's knowledge of foreign policy and how important that will play on october 11th. >> reporter: i think it may not play as importantly as perhaps the obama camp would like. because they've got the former chairman of the foreign relations committee, who is often been talked about as a possible secretary of state, joe biden, the vice president of the united states, perhaps the most experienced foreign policy figure in the administration and he would like to make it an argument about foreign policy. he's up against a house member and one of the few house members to run on a national ticket in modern american this tri. the democrats would like this to be a foreign policy debate. but with paul ryan and also joe biden's deep roots in medicare and social policy, i think the democrats can also try to put him on the spot on the medicare cuts, the ryan budget. you know, joe biden is a very strong debater. p
the topics will be foreign policy and domestic policy. you know about foreign policy better than anybody else on the network. talk about paul ryan's knowledge of foreign policy and how important that will play on october 11th. >> reporter: i think it may not play as importantly as perhaps the obama camp would like. because they've got the former chairman of the foreign relations committee, who is often been talked about as a possible secretary of state, joe biden, the vice president of...
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the president gets high approval ratings on foreign policy. one reason why it's been difficult for mitt romney to make the case that the president is -- is not doing a great job on foreign policy. you did hear some foreign policy this week, but paul ryan talking about china and mitt romney talking about iran. they don't want to touch afghanistan. mitt romney has not been very specific about afghanistan. i think they would be perfectly fine with the timeline that's in place, and let the president have to deal with the two hot wars. >> one of the big stories that i thought at least from the past week, that i saw you report on, the amount of money that has been spent so far in this campaign, absolutely eye popping. what is it? >> we've crossed the half billion dollar mark in campaign advertising spending. more than $512 million has been spent in this campaign. half of that money from outside groups. nearly the entire -- nearly the amount of the entire 2008 campaign ad spending. it's really an unbelievable number when you consider how much that --
the president gets high approval ratings on foreign policy. one reason why it's been difficult for mitt romney to make the case that the president is -- is not doing a great job on foreign policy. you did hear some foreign policy this week, but paul ryan talking about china and mitt romney talking about iran. they don't want to touch afghanistan. mitt romney has not been very specific about afghanistan. i think they would be perfectly fine with the timeline that's in place, and let the...
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he had a bad foreign policy week. but when it comes to americans dying, to need to pile up, but it was a bad week for him. >> all right, thank you very much. love the discussion. appreciate that. that's a wrap, everyone, of weekend with alex witt. i'll look for you right back here tomorrow. but my colleague craig melvin continuing our coverage just after the break. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. put me at 5 timesd out my greater risk of a stroke, my first thoughts were about my wife, and my family. i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial
he had a bad foreign policy week. but when it comes to americans dying, to need to pile up, but it was a bad week for him. >> all right, thank you very much. love the discussion. appreciate that. that's a wrap, everyone, of weekend with alex witt. i'll look for you right back here tomorrow. but my colleague craig melvin continuing our coverage just after the break. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp....
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we're talking foreign policy. this is an area where the president, with regard to the election, felt pretty comfortable. and felt like he wouldn't have -- there wouldn't necessarily be an opening for the romney camp. does this give the romney camp a legitimate opening? >> no. i don't think so. because i've been ambassador in a region where it's been very volatile. these are bureaucratic decisions. and ambassador stevens made the decision to go to benghazi. what problem may emerge here, he went to benghazi with inadequate security. we have to understand that our embassies are not protected and our ambassadors are not protected by the marines or by u.s. personnel all the time. they're protected by the local government officials that provide that security. and chris was known as someone who didn't like the envelope of security around him. i think the real issue here is not so much whether or not the president or the administration was at fault, but whether or not the senior management level at the state department di
we're talking foreign policy. this is an area where the president, with regard to the election, felt pretty comfortable. and felt like he wouldn't have -- there wouldn't necessarily be an opening for the romney camp. does this give the romney camp a legitimate opening? >> no. i don't think so. because i've been ambassador in a region where it's been very volatile. these are bureaucratic decisions. and ambassador stevens made the decision to go to benghazi. what problem may emerge here, he...
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he has not focused on foreign policy. he probably hasn't thought about it or ever said anything about it. now he wants to be president of the united states because that's his ambition. part of this is showing interest in foreign policy, he doesn't. what scares me about romney, and the one thing that scares me about him, he listens to these adviser who is have glammed on to him and he talks about going to war with iran. you can't get any tougher than obama has been on iran with the sanctions except to go to war. when he comes out and says i'm going to be tougher, what do you mean, romney? that's scary. this ad is fair. politics in this should be seasoned and based on experience and being careful and understanding the consequences of your actions. going to war with iran is not some light thing to do. it's frighteningly consequential, we are going to war with an islamic country. all kinds of bad things can happen, and not just in terms of oil. and you aught to be aware of it before you flip off with a statement. i think it i
he has not focused on foreign policy. he probably hasn't thought about it or ever said anything about it. now he wants to be president of the united states because that's his ambition. part of this is showing interest in foreign policy, he doesn't. what scares me about romney, and the one thing that scares me about him, he listens to these adviser who is have glammed on to him and he talks about going to war with iran. you can't get any tougher than obama has been on iran with the sanctions...
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we'll see over the next week how does this foreign policy crisis impact the polling? next week we'll get a new round of polling nationally and in the states that i think will tell us a little bit about whether this bump is sustained and what the impact is on the foreign policy crisis. >> but these 2% of voters who are likely voters, but have yet to make up their minds, i mean is there anything that we can expect to happen to change their minds by election day? >> well, it's interesting, one of the things i asked our marist friends to do, i combined all of the undecided vote, in all three states, so that you could get an idea of who these people were. and they don't look like voters. they don't look like people that are actually going to show up to vote. a full third of them don't have an opinion about whether the president's done a good job or a bad job. they don't have an opinion on his job approval rating. that means these are voters that aren't paying a lot of attention, they say they're registered, they say they're going to vote but they haven't tuned in. voters l
we'll see over the next week how does this foreign policy crisis impact the polling? next week we'll get a new round of polling nationally and in the states that i think will tell us a little bit about whether this bump is sustained and what the impact is on the foreign policy crisis. >> but these 2% of voters who are likely voters, but have yet to make up their minds, i mean is there anything that we can expect to happen to change their minds by election day? >> well, it's...
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mitt romney has no foreign policy record. so it's going to be on the president's decisions in iran and what went on in benghazi and security concerns leading up to what happened in libya. so the president is going to be defending his record and milt romney has not laid out a lot of specifics on foreign policy. so it will be interesting to see if the president will be turning the tables on mitt romney. >> besides foreign policy, the romney campaign is going to keep hammering away -- >> if barack obama is re-elected what will the next four years be like? the debt will grow from $16 trillion to $20 trillion, taxes on the middle class will go up by $4,000. >> is this the line of attack that we're going to be hearing from the romney campaign before the election? >> you're starting to see it in the closing arguments. there's a lot of certainties in that ad that will be interesting to see how the fact checkers for "the washington post" and elsewhere deal with because usually there's caveats, this could happen, this might happen, in
mitt romney has no foreign policy record. so it's going to be on the president's decisions in iran and what went on in benghazi and security concerns leading up to what happened in libya. so the president is going to be defending his record and milt romney has not laid out a lot of specifics on foreign policy. so it will be interesting to see if the president will be turning the tables on mitt romney. >> besides foreign policy, the romney campaign is going to keep hammering away --...
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>> in terms of foreign policy, we have to get our economy going. that's the number-one thing we need for the united states of america. got to deal successfully with china as they grow. got to deal with the terrorists, and we've got to manage the circumstances in the middle east. so people in washington and the foreign affairs business are going to be very, very busy. iran, syria, israel, the palestinians, a new constitution in egypt, and all around the periphery of the middle east there are still terrorist elements. and there's a problem in north africa with terrorists. >> and i was also going to add to the conversation north korea. >> that's right. >> you heard the news today, they say they have a missile that could potentially reach the united states. of course it could be weaponized. what's your reaction to that? >> well, we've known this was coming for a long time and we have a missile defense program, a rudimentary program, but it's been in place, put it in place several years ago, and it's designed specifically to handle this. actually we're
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the foreign policy experts in washington think the iranians always negotiate until the last possible second, last possible moment when they have to cave in. and then there's the other train of thought, which says all of this is nothing more than a decoy in negotiation while the iranians continue to enrich uranium and test detonation devices for a nuclear weapon. no one knows for sure. no one will really know, but the fact that the iranians permitted the talks to fail should be the best evidence that they are not prepared to make the concessions necessary to the p5 plus 1 countries. >> what effect are the sanctions having on iran, and more specifically the iranian people? >> there's no doubt that the obama administration's economic sanctions have been extraordinarily innovative and effective. sanctions, however, are as good as change in behavior. the sanctions clearly have a huge impact on the civilian population of iran. and on july 1st the european iran oil import restrictions are supposed to take effect. that will really turn the screws further on iran. >> let's go back to the nego
the foreign policy experts in washington think the iranians always negotiate until the last possible second, last possible moment when they have to cave in. and then there's the other train of thought, which says all of this is nothing more than a decoy in negotiation while the iranians continue to enrich uranium and test detonation devices for a nuclear weapon. no one knows for sure. no one will really know, but the fact that the iranians permitted the talks to fail should be the best evidence...
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but the secret service says it has a zero tolerance policy poll when it comes to personal conduct. i have spoken to experts on the secret service, thomas, who say that the fact that this occurred during a foreign trip is highly embarrassing, not only for the secret service, but also for the white house. thomas? >> kristen, as you point out, certainly embarrassing. but does this draw a more laser beam focused eye on a subculture that may exist within the secret service. as we're hearing secret service are trained probably, most likely as we're trained through history, to look the other way at the personer that guarding for sensitive situations. but it's a different story when it comes to them. and potentially compromising the safety of the president. >> absolutely. and you heard ron kesler touch on that point. talking about the fact that once these investigations get under way, they're going to need to look at the culture within the secret service. it might need to change and they might need to make some hard decisions in order to change that culture. certainly something that the wh
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he was the foreign policy guy. that's an interesting angle. >> you always bring us interesting stuff as well. thank you, jack rice. see you again. >> thank you so much. >>> frightening moments at a political rally in armenia. hundreds of balloons going up in flames. good heavens. more than 140 people injured. no deaths. not clear yet why those balloons exploded. the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ male announcer ] get it fast with at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. covering 2000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. at&t. ♪ >>> tech watch now here on "weekends with alex witt." samsung has unveiled a new souped up smartphone. faceal recognition that allows you to keep the phone on while you're looking at it. word is that the next iphone will include that. the galaxy xe goes on sale this summer. what's new on the web? dead social. that's where you store secret facebook messages that will be
he was the foreign policy guy. that's an interesting angle. >> you always bring us interesting stuff as well. thank you, jack rice. see you again. >> thank you so much. >>> frightening moments at a political rally in armenia. hundreds of balloons going up in flames. good heavens. more than 140 people injured. no deaths. not clear yet why those balloons exploded. the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy...
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his foreign policy record and national security record are unassailable. starting with getting osama bin laden, restored americans' leadership in the world that was badly damaged by the previous administration. i think that mitt romney probably gets halo effect going to the olympics. i think it is going to be hard to get the kind of star power you saw barack obama get when he was running for president. >> do you think mitt romney can chip away at president obama on foreign policy? that has been a strong suit of this white house. >> that's exactly right. i think a big part of this trip is just showing that mitt romney is thinking about foreign policy at all because he hasn't talked about it throughout the duration of his campaign. he has to focus on it somewhat if he's going to be president at some point. >> sit tight. coming up next, we have the must reads. [ annie ] this is the story of annie, who learned to fly. not with wings or a jet pack, but with her new dell laptop and a little ingenuity, too. ♪ her fast processor made for a smooth takeoff. ♪ sh
his foreign policy record and national security record are unassailable. starting with getting osama bin laden, restored americans' leadership in the world that was badly damaged by the previous administration. i think that mitt romney probably gets halo effect going to the olympics. i think it is going to be hard to get the kind of star power you saw barack obama get when he was running for president. >> do you think mitt romney can chip away at president obama on foreign policy? that...
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policy faux-pas last week. it's really more of a pile on issue for mitt romney than anything. >> spiking of that pile on, chip we hear a lot of wailing, teeth na gnashing on this week from republicans. what would you do to turn it around so people like peggying into enwriting scathing articles would turn it around. >> we didn't have the greatest week the last week. but the good news is we're 45 days from the election and not five days. he's got a lot of time to right the ships. i think it's back to the basics. grinding it out in the battle ground states. going county by county with the states that matter and get him across the finish line in november. >> morris, do you think the president regrets that remark about not being able to fix the country from inside washington? i mean, isn't he pitching to remain inside washington for four more years? >> well, i think that you have to put it into context. what he's saying he regrets he wasn't able to have people in washington that he can work with. it takes two to tan
policy faux-pas last week. it's really more of a pile on issue for mitt romney than anything. >> spiking of that pile on, chip we hear a lot of wailing, teeth na gnashing on this week from republicans. what would you do to turn it around so people like peggying into enwriting scathing articles would turn it around. >> we didn't have the greatest week the last week. but the good news is we're 45 days from the election and not five days. he's got a lot of time to right the ships. i...
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very versed in foreign policy and more than the republican candidates to debate that issue, to bring it home that this is not the time to be reducing our defenses when you have china and north korea and problems with iran right now, he is the better candidate to defeat the president than mitt romney or any of these others. that's what the focus of the campaign is on. >>> pinning his hopes on new hampshire, yet jon huntsman still calls himself the underdog. that's next on "weekends with alex witt." er ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be. ♪ because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. >>> it all comes down to trust. candidate john huntsman is asking new hampshire voters to trust him. he's urging voters to ignore pundits forecasting a victory and give the underdog a shot instead. >> what i love about the new hampshire primary, you love to take an under dog from wh
very versed in foreign policy and more than the republican candidates to debate that issue, to bring it home that this is not the time to be reducing our defenses when you have china and north korea and problems with iran right now, he is the better candidate to defeat the president than mitt romney or any of these others. that's what the focus of the campaign is on. >>> pinning his hopes on new hampshire, yet jon huntsman still calls himself the underdog. that's next on "weekends...
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this is someone who frankly when he says i've looked at mitt romney's foreign policy and i think it's spore addic that really matters. i see this as an opportunity for the romney campaign to try to distract from what is a very serious endorcement from general powell. >> let's get to another topic here, karen. an article in the "washington post." it's a new one that argues there is a high likelihood president obama could win the electoral vote but not the popular vote, which would be a first for an incumbent. could we survive the hyperpartisanship that that scenario would likely cause? >> i don't know, alex. i mean, i really hope that doesn't happen for so many reasons. i think it would be terrible for the country for so many reasons. we've already become so partisan. i'm actually have to tell you they was skeptical of some of the modelling that we've seen going on. i think a lot of the polls and a lot of the modelling has underestimated the number of latinos and african-american voters. we have 8 million more latino voters, for example, voting in 2012 than we did in 2008. most of the
this is someone who frankly when he says i've looked at mitt romney's foreign policy and i think it's spore addic that really matters. i see this as an opportunity for the romney campaign to try to distract from what is a very serious endorcement from general powell. >> let's get to another topic here, karen. an article in the "washington post." it's a new one that argues there is a high likelihood president obama could win the electoral vote but not the popular vote, which...
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policy and why single out putin, the only foreign leader mentioned by name? >> well, i think for a couple of things. that comment by president obama where he said just wait until the election, i'll be able to give you more flexibility and what governor romney is saying and foreign policy needs to be tough, stand unapologetically with our allies and let our enemies know that especially israel which is very important to me. we need to make sure the iranians know we're going to stand with israel and not let iraq make a nuclear weapon. >> how about this, mo, on friday we learned that the u.s. is scaling back its involvement in the upcoming joint military exercises with israel. do you think the president is exposing his flank? >> no, i don't think so. look, i think this president has been a tremendous friend to israel as has pretty much every president since the creation of israel. and recently you've heard people from peres to barack talk about this president's unprecedented commitment to israel. mitt romney is the only person that seems to not recognize that and
policy and why single out putin, the only foreign leader mentioned by name? >> well, i think for a couple of things. that comment by president obama where he said just wait until the election, i'll be able to give you more flexibility and what governor romney is saying and foreign policy needs to be tough, stand unapologetically with our allies and let our enemies know that especially israel which is very important to me. we need to make sure the iranians know we're going to stand with...
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the managing editor of foreign policy magazine who wrote an excellent piece why president obama must be cautious on syria. that was a good one, blake. what's the latest there? >> the rebels have really made astonishing gains over the last few weeks and there was that dramatic inkurgs into damascus when they were able to kill four top security officials of the regime. this regime is reel beingiing rw but hasn't cracked. they have the tanks and helicopter gunships and for the time being the upper hand. it looks like their control is slipping and they are more high level defections every day. >> our announcement that we've learned that the president has authorized secret aid. you talk about their ability to take out these four leaders in the syrian government, talking about the rebels of course. is that thanks to cia aid and other kinds of aid? >> i highly doubt it. the finding that president obama signed was a nonlethal finding. so that means that the united states can give anything short of weapons that can be used to -- >> but with cia, you can give intelligence. >> well, you know, i
the managing editor of foreign policy magazine who wrote an excellent piece why president obama must be cautious on syria. that was a good one, blake. what's the latest there? >> the rebels have really made astonishing gains over the last few weeks and there was that dramatic inkurgs into damascus when they were able to kill four top security officials of the regime. this regime is reel beingiing rw but hasn't cracked. they have the tanks and helicopter gunships and for the time being the...
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it's tenored the political realm as well as the foreign policy and national security realm, and while harry reid, the democratic leader of the senate, the majority leader in the senate, has shot down republican suggestions that there should be a watergate-style joint committee, a select committee in the parlance of washington, to look into the benghazi attacks, of course, and september 11th that left four americans dead including the american ambassador, ambassador stevens, there's always the house of representatives, and certainly, their questions, they still have many questions about what they do as conflicting tell about that testimony or about that appearance that susan rice gave almost five days after those attacks on september 16th when she said this was a spontaneous event that began as a result or reaction to that anti-muslim video that inflamed passions throughout the muslim world, and morphed into something much more sinister. you saw those two senators there today, senator conrad, many other senators that we spoke to yesterday, said that the problem was is that some of the
it's tenored the political realm as well as the foreign policy and national security realm, and while harry reid, the democratic leader of the senate, the majority leader in the senate, has shot down republican suggestions that there should be a watergate-style joint committee, a select committee in the parlance of washington, to look into the benghazi attacks, of course, and september 11th that left four americans dead including the american ambassador, ambassador stevens, there's always the...
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now, what we do know, let's say -- let's look at foreign policies in areas like, i don't know, getting obama administration, where the president has been able to do exactly what he wanted to do he has been very successful. >> so rich, what do you think about the prospect of pushing the obstructionist congress mentality? is that effective? >> yeah, it worked for harry truman, might work again. i don't think so because republicans, democrats had chrome of everything, including 60 votes for the senate. >> only a couple of months,ry. >> i didn't get finished with that i know senator kennedy passed away, i got that part. but you still have olympia snowe. you could have got the 60 votes on a lot of things, but the -- and this is getting too far down, the answer to your question, alex is yes, he can try that, i don't think it will work because in the minds of most americans, i believe, the president has his hands on the tiller of the ship at sea and depends how theyhink that ship is sailing depends on the president. >> here's something interesting, rich, i want to ask you about, a comment tha
now, what we do know, let's say -- let's look at foreign policies in areas like, i don't know, getting obama administration, where the president has been able to do exactly what he wanted to do he has been very successful. >> so rich, what do you think about the prospect of pushing the obstructionist congress mentality? is that effective? >> yeah, it worked for harry truman, might work again. i don't think so because republicans, democrats had chrome of everything, including 60...